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FKIE_CVE-2024-39904

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-07-11 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 07:42
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
VNote is a note-taking platform. Prior to 3.18.1, a code execution vulnerability existed in VNote, which allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary programs on the victim's system. A crafted URI can be used in a note to perform this attack using file:/// as a link. For example, file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe. This allows attackers to execute arbitrary programs by embedding a reference to a local executable file such as file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe and file:///C:/WINDOWS/system32/calc.exe. This vulnerability can be exploited by creating and sharing specially crafted notes. An attacker could send a crafted note file and perform further attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.18.1.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/3477469b669708ff547037fda9fc2817870428aa
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/vnotex/vnote/security/advisories/GHSA-vhh5-8wcv-68gj
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/commit/3477469b669708ff547037fda9fc2817870428aa
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/vnotex/vnote/security/advisories/GHSA-vhh5-8wcv-68gj
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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